England rugby team hit by Andrew Sheridan injury

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Andrew Sheridan will miss England’s remaining two Six Nations matches with the calf injury that forced him off against France.

The loosehead was replaced by Alex Corbisiero just 22 minutes into Saturday’s 17-9 win at Twickenham and scans have shown a grade two tear that will rule him out of the games against Scotland and Ireland as unbeaten England close in on their first Grand Slam since 2003.

Andrew Sheridan: Injured (PA)

Sheridan has left the team’s training camp in Oxford, leaving Corbisiero in pole position to start the showdown against the Scots on March 13.

Fly-half Toby Flood also had to be replaced early against France after injuring his Achilles, although manager Martin Johnson expects him to be fit for the Scotland game.

As a result, Jonny Wilkinson is set to be retained in camp and not released to play for Toulon in their Top 14 game against Clermont Auvergne on Friday.

‘We anticipate Toby being okay but you can never be sure,’ Johnson said.

‘We will be cautious with him. We will make a call on Jonny based on how we think Floody is.

‘If we have had doubts in the past we have kept guys, particularly going into an intense couple of weeks.’